| John's barber shop 20:23 - Aug 19 with 2854 views | Hayesender |
Visited my old dear in the Bush yesterday and noticed the barbers run by Seth (ex QPR player) opposite the Adelaide is no more.
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| John's barber shop on 20:59 - Aug 19 with 2738 views | Michael_Hunt |
OK as no one else is commenting, I seem to recall that this used to be known as "Jonny's"?
If any older SB resident could confirm as it's where my mum took me for haircuts in the late 50's early 60's and I sat on the board thingy, bribed with alphabet sweets to be quiet whilst having my hair cut.
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| John's barber shop on 21:28 - Aug 19 with 2670 views | Hayesender |
| John's barber shop on 20:59 - Aug 19 by Michael_Hunt |
OK as no one else is commenting, I seem to recall that this used to be known as "Jonny's"?
If any older SB resident could confirm as it's where my mum took me for haircuts in the late 50's early 60's and I sat on the board thingy, bribed with alphabet sweets to be quiet whilst having my hair cut.
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That's the one. I probably started going there in the early 80's when their dad was still running it.
Only noticed yesterday as I always popped my head in to say hello whenever I walked past, only to notice it wasn't there anymore.
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| John's barber shop on 22:51 - Aug 19 with 2500 views | ak68 |
I used to be taken there in the 60s and Johnny used to cut my hair until he opened a second barber shop on that little island where Old Oak Rd meets Westway. My dad then took me there as he and Johnny were old school whereas the Uxbridge Rd shop was becoming young and trendy.
Much later in life I returned to the Uxbridge Rd shop where Seth and his brother, John, would cut my hair interspersed with moans about the Rangers. I tried to get a haircut days before the playoff final and found the builders at work. I went past recently and was even more surprised to find that it was still a barbers but minus Seth and John. I keep meaning to pop in and find out what happened. |  | | |
| John's barber shop on 01:23 - Aug 20 with 2397 views | barbicanranger |
| John's barber shop on 22:51 - Aug 19 by ak68 |
I used to be taken there in the 60s and Johnny used to cut my hair until he opened a second barber shop on that little island where Old Oak Rd meets Westway. My dad then took me there as he and Johnny were old school whereas the Uxbridge Rd shop was becoming young and trendy.
Much later in life I returned to the Uxbridge Rd shop where Seth and his brother, John, would cut my hair interspersed with moans about the Rangers. I tried to get a haircut days before the playoff final and found the builders at work. I went past recently and was even more surprised to find that it was still a barbers but minus Seth and John. I keep meaning to pop in and find out what happened. |
That's a shame, was getting my hair cut there before I left the area about 8 months ago - the one with the yellow frontage? - think it was actually called "John's Hairstyles" - run by two brothers who were very quiet, pleasant guys? I only went in there cause every other hair place on the road was a buzz cut place offering to shave lines into your eye-brows or Nike ticks into the back of your head. Business was slow though and the place needed a tidy up. They must have called it a day. |  | | |
| John's barber shop on 08:55 - Aug 20 with 2223 views | Noelmc |
Had my hair cut there from the early 60's until 2004 when I moved to Staines. Even went back regularly after 1985 when I moved from the Bush to Isleworth. Always enjoyed a chat with Seth about the R's. Sad to see it go but I'm sure Seth & his brother were well over retirement age & credit to them for keeping it going so long.
One of my abiding memories of it in the 60s & 70s was the final question to selected customers as they were paying "Something for the weekend, Sir?" and looking forward to when I would be old enough to be asked it! |  | | |
| John's barber shop on 10:37 - Aug 20 with 2105 views | 18StoneOfHoop |
| John's barber shop on 08:55 - Aug 20 by Noelmc |
Had my hair cut there from the early 60's until 2004 when I moved to Staines. Even went back regularly after 1985 when I moved from the Bush to Isleworth. Always enjoyed a chat with Seth about the R's. Sad to see it go but I'm sure Seth & his brother were well over retirement age & credit to them for keeping it going so long.
One of my abiding memories of it in the 60s & 70s was the final question to selected customers as they were paying "Something for the weekend, Sir?" and looking forward to when I would be old enough to be asked it! |
"..but I'm sure Seth and his brother were well over retirement age.."
Spot on Noel, thanks to Gordon Macey's QPR The Complete Record - every good Hoops fan home should have one - I learn that Seth Vafiadis was born in Hammersmith on 8th September 1949. Therefore,I suspect, pushing 65 he's sold up and is now enjoying his retirement.
After coming to us from an unsuccessful stint at Chelsea, the predominately right and sometimes left winger Seth's breakthrough debut season was 1963/1964. He made 15 appearances,scoring 4 goals against Bournemouth,Reading,Southend & Notts County, before being released to Millwall in the summer. He didn't see eye-to-eye with Alec Stock apparently and next season twin wing wizards Roger and Ian Morgan made their debuts.
For a season he lived the Loftus Road dream - lucky man.
http://qprreport.proboards.com/thread/21308
BTW anybody had their haircut by ranting Colin The Barber in Cobbold Road? That bloke -who numbered old Rangers players amongst his ageing clientelle - is completely barking. [Post edited 20 Aug 2014 11:04]
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Love,Peace and Fook Chelski!
More like 20StoneOfHoop now.
Let's face it I'm not getting any thinner.
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| John's barber shop on 15:49 - Aug 20 with 1973 views | daveB |
Colin used to cut my hair back in the 80's when i was a kid. He gave me a Gary Bannister cut once although it made me look more like Rodney Trotter. Is he still working? Really nice fella |  | | |
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| John's barber shop on 16:10 - Aug 20 with 1952 views | batmanhoop |
if he was born in 1949 and made his debut 1964 that made him 15. Sadly I'm just old enough to remember Seth in the hoops. About this period I was old enough to watch the football and not spend it playing on the SA Road hill. Think Seth would be nearer 70 | | | |
| John's barber shop on 16:35 - Aug 20 with 1905 views | Discodroid |
smashing thread lads, love a bit of history and nostalgia .good reading.
perhaps he can sort out my 'alan bennet'/ 'nick haywood' [Post edited 20 Aug 2014 16:36]
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| John's barber shop on 17:09 - Aug 20 with 1842 views | superhoop67 |
would seem Johny's has gone .Seth is 68 used to play in the same team as him .Another barbers that has just bit the dust is Dimitris opposite the Palais | | | |
| John's barber shop on 17:47 - Aug 20 with 1780 views | batmanhoop |
| John's barber shop on 17:09 - Aug 20 by superhoop67 |
would seem Johny's has gone .Seth is 68 used to play in the same team as him .Another barbers that has just bit the dust is Dimitris opposite the Palais |
that was one I used, the other being Grampians barbers | | | |
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